For the “Pullman Club,” the heavy oil-fired 2-8-2 steam locomotive of the “Mikado 1244” association, built in Canada for the French SNCF, ran for the very first time with the air-conditioned “Prestige Continental Express” dining cars ARmz "LE RUBIS NOIR" and "LE SALON BLEU" of the IRSI AG as a special train. It included a first-class Am car from the “SUISSE TRAIN BLEU” and the “Schützengarten” bar car. At the end of the train, not visible on this picture, was the former SBB Re 4/4 I # 10009 now painted blue (privately owned, operated by TR TransRail) for supplying power to the cars. Train 31734 from (Fribourg-Bern-) Ostermundigen-Lyss-Biel joint line-Solothurn-Oensingen-Olten to Brugg AG can be seen between Wildegg and Holderbank, with the Wildegg castle from the 13th century.
